Problems in Defining Post-Exertional Malaise

Post-exertional malaise in chronic fatigue syndrome.

Muscle wilting meltdown, air gulping short of oxygen feeling, brain blood vessels flayed on a laundry line in the wind, metal rods in the back of head . . . someone crushing your ribcage, limbs giving out, mesh bag constricting head, 'pingers': those first small headaches that warn of bigger headaches, 'back of head clamp' . . . headache, increased gravity feeling, being pushed backward into be...

Diminished Cardiopulmonary Capacity During Post-Exertional Malaise

Reduced functional capacity and post-exertional malaise following physical activity are hallmark symptoms of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS). That these symptoms are often delayed may explain the equivocal results for clinical cardiopulmonary exercise testing with CFS patients. The reproducibility of VO2max in healthy subjects is well documented. This may not be the case with CFS due to delayed ...

Exercise and chronic fatigue syndrome: maximize function, minimize post-exertional malaise.

Sir, As board members of the International Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome ⁄Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, we agree with Van Cauwenbergh et al.’s view [1] that exercise treatment should be carefully tailored to each individual with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and have recently published a Primer directed at physicians [2]. Although a time-contingent approach may work for a percentage of...

"Generational" malaise.

Neglected acute post exertional anterior compartment syndrome: a case report.

A case of Acute Post Exertional Anterior Compartment Syndrome of the leg, seen five days after the onset of symptoms is presented. Decompression with delayed closure was done. There was only sensory recovery. However functional recovery at one year was good. Acute Post Exertional Compartment Syndrome cases are diagnosed late due to the lack of awareness, the paucity of radiological features, an...